Preoperative diagnosis of primary fallopian tube carcinoma.
BACKGROUND
Transvaginal color and pulsed Doppler can detect areas of neovascularization within the tubal carcinoma and can distinguish it from other benign adnexal pathology. SUBJECTS AND METHODS. During a 7-year period eight cases of Fallopian tube carcinoma were detected using transvaginal color and pulsed Doppler.


RESULTS
Transvaginal sonography revealed complex, sausage-shaped, and/or cystic structures in the adnexal region. Additional color Doppler examination depicted low vascular impedance (RI ranged from 0.29 to 0.40). Histopathology reported different types of Fallopian tube carcinoma.


CONCLUSIONS
Transvaginal color Doppler may aid in diagnosis of Fallopian tube malignancy more reliably than using other costly diagnostic procedures.
Kurjak
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Sveti Duh Hospital, Medical School University of Zagreb, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia.
Kupesic
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Ilijas
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Sparac
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Kosuta
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D018262:Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D000290:Adnexa Uteri / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D003536:Cystadenocarcinoma / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005185:Fallopian Tube Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D018617:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Pulsed / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards